Focus on billability was there downfall. - Engineer Worley Employee Review

2.0
11 May 2013
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Pros

Worked on some interesting oil and gas projects with highly capable lead engineers and project managers in my time there. Had good non-technical skill training, however the technical and on the job training was poor and highly project dependent ie. you had to be lucky and available for the right job to come up at the right time.

Cons

A big company with big projects you can spend years stuck in mundane and boring work. They had a focus on being a 100% billable and often put too many engineers on projects. Lots of politics internally and with clients, probably the reason for the lack off work and massive layoffs and redundancies seen in the Perth office in 2012-2013.

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5.0
10 Feb 2026
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Pros

Good people, easy to work with. Good pay. Great benefits. Job security for people who are willing to stick around, and do a good job.

Cons

Doesn’t pay quite as much as some north slope jobs.

2.0
5 Jun 2026
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Pros

Great to get more experience in different areas

Cons

Completely project based. They don’t let you change on overhead even for 1 hr. It means if you can’t change on the project, they don’t pay you. So many people are full time but they don’t receive the full salary. No one tells you that when they want to hire you. There is no work/life balance

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